Bill Text: IA HF2290 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act delaying a requirement relating to an annual assessment of public school student progress.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-17 - Subcommittee, Jorgensen, Byrnes, and Steckman. H.J. 248. [HF2290 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2290-Introduced.html

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House File 2290 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  STECKMAN, SALMON,
                                     ABDUL=SAMAD,
                                     BROWN=POWERS, GAINES,
                                     HANSON, MASCHER, RUFF,
                                     WINCKLER, COHOON,
                                     STAED, GASSMAN, HOLT,
                                     HEARTSILL, SHEETS,
                                     NUNN, BAXTER, ROGERS,
                                     FISHER, KOOIKER,
                                     LANDON, BRANHAGEN,
                                     GUSTAFSON, WATTS, and
                                     KAUFMANN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act delaying a requirement relating to an annual assessment
  2    of public school student progress.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b,
  1  2 subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (2)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), for the school year
  1  4 beginning July 1, 2016 2017, and each succeeding school year,
  1  5 the rules shall provide that all students enrolled in school
  1  6 districts in grades three through eleven shall be administered
  1  7 an assessment during the last quarter of the school year that
  1  8 at a minimum assesses the core academic indicators identified
  1  9 in this paragraph "b"; is aligned with the Iowa common core
  1 10 standards in both content and rigor; accurately describes
  1 11 student achievement and growth for purposes of the school, the
  1 12 school district, and state accountability systems; and provides
  1 13 valid, reliable, and fair measures of student progress toward
  1 14 college or career readiness.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 18    This bill extends by one year, from July 1, 2016, to July
  1 19 1, 2017, the requirement that the state board of education's
  1 20 rules provide that all students enrolled in school districts in
  1 21 grades 3 through 11 be administered an annual assessment that
  1 22 assesses the core academic indicators, is aligned with the Iowa
  1 23 core, describes student achievement and growth, and measures
  1 24 student progress toward college or career readiness.
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